2020-10-28 EMC Meeting Agenda and Director's Informational Report

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loan of $3,699,000 and grant of $1,071,000 were added to the original agreement. The low construction bid received was $8,531,814. D. KEALAKEHE WWTP EFFLUENT R-1 UPGRADE: • The Archaeological Inventory Survey (AIS) that is required by SHPD is proceeding. The AIS report to SHPD was completed in early December 2019. SHPD required a 30-day consultation period due to cultural sites that were identified. The 30-day consultation period was extended because of comments received by DLNR’s Historic Trails branch. The findings from the 30-day consultation period have been incorporated into the AIS. The completed AIS was submitted to SHPD on 03/20/20. SHPD’s review comments were received 07/08/20. The AIS will be revised and resubmitted by early November 2020. The anticipated EIS schedule is the following:  Resubmit AIS (to SHPD): November 2020  Receive SHPD Approval on AIS: February 2021  Prepare Final EIS: March 2021  Publish Final EIS: June 2021 • The project has been placed “on-hold” by the mayor because of funding issues and the Maui County (Lahaina WWTP injection wells) U.S. Supreme Court decision. • With the SCOTUS decision, WWD has begun work to award a contract for a consultant to perform a tracer/dye study to determine if KWWTP effluent disposed via the sump is reaching coastal waters (state waters). The previous USGS/DOH study is being used to guide this study. • Other Impacts of the SCOTUS decision/mayor’s “on-hold” of the Project: ◦ Final R-1 treatment construction documents were being prepared but have been placed “on-hold.” ◦ The subsurface wetland design was stopped at 90%. ◦ The SAT design was stopped at 50%. Consultant will need to perform a 6- month pilot-scale SAT for longer-term phosphorus removal performance once project is given the okay to proceed. • The R-1 upgrades to the Kealakehe WWTP began in 2007 as a phased approach. Phase I work installed a reuse line along Queen Kaʻahumanu Highway between the Kohanaiki area and Kealakehe Parkway (completed in 2018). • DOH has earmarked SRF monies in the amount of $54 million to fund both design and construction of the R-1 upgrade at the Kealakehe WWTP. • Received SRF commitment letter for Outside Fence Line (OSFL) consultant contract (Brown and Caldwell). DOH is trying to fund projects on a fiscal year basis, and this has slowed down their execution of the SRF commitment letter. Design work has been suspended and all work to date has been frozen on the SAT and Subsurface Wetlands. Contract terminated as Phase 1 of the OSFL contract. • Design of the North and South R-1 distribution pipelines has been reinitiated under Phase 2 of the OSFL design work. Design contract NTP issued 10/13/20. • Hina Lani DWS 1 MG Reservoir (tank) transfer to DEM is awaiting NTP on the R-1 OSFL consultant design contract. 13